Brightening theaters this weekend is Illumination Entertainment's take on Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, which features Danny DeVito as the voice of the fuzzy and colorful eco-guardian. DeVito's Lorax sports one bushy tuft of facial hair, its overgrowth stretching past the width of his waistline. The rest of cinema's most memorable mustaches can't boast that same disproportionate bulk, but they're not to be undervalued. Two are among the most iconic physical traits in film history, four make up one big whiskery package deal, and one is so indelible that its wearer spawned the name for a whole style of 'stache.

Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat (2006). Long before he was covering Ryan Seacrest in Kim Jong Il's "Bisquick ashes," Sacha Baron Cohen was introducing the world to his ultimately inescapable Kazakh TV personality, whose lack of proper grooming was evident not just in the oversized caterpillar that rested above his lips, but in the private places laid bare thanks to one immortal neon swimsuit.

As I clicked through the list, all I could think was, "Where are the westerns? Where is Sam Elliot? What about Tombstone?"
Thanks, Slant, for being on point with the best cast of mustachioed men ever, in my personal favorite, Tomstone.Posted by Anonymous on 2012-03-04 21:10:04

I really wantd to include a woman, but the best I could find was Salma Hayek in CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT (Julie Taymor left her basically mustache-free in FRIDA, otherwise tht would have surely made the cut).Posted by R. Kurt Osenlund on 2012-03-04 20:47:26

I'd be hard-pressed to call it famous, but Colin Farrell in Miami Vice is definitely my favorite omission.Posted by Rob Humanick on 2012-03-04 20:17:01